Example sentences of "was able [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 He donated the Lateran Palace to the Bishop of Rome , and Rome was able to use it as a means of establishing supremacy over rival centres of Christian authority in Alexandria and Antioch .
2 The employee had conceived the idea for the valve in March 1985 and was able to test it for the first time several months later ; the employer applied for a UK patent in March 1986 ; and three years later the employee applied for compensation .
3 Yet if part of the problem at Ibrox in respect of injury has been caused by the addition of European Champions league matches to an already congested domestic schedule , it is only Vogts 's good fortune that no German side was able to make it to the last eight of the European Cup .
4 But I was able to transfer it onto a separate system and compile that and produce the lexicon there .
5 Having anticipated this , Maria was able to meet it with a degree of control .
6 The surface of the brick was still gelid and adhesive , so that he was able to stick it to the side of a drum near the hull , separated from the fuel tanks only by a steel bulkhead .
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